The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-02-17
One Hundred and Ten!
THE LONG LIFE JOURNEY OF AUNT
NELLY WATSON!

Mrs. Nellie Watson was born in Louisa
County, Va, in the year 1777. She was a
slave until the year 1915, at which time
she was given her freedom, and she came
to Ohio in the same year and located in
the Ragland colony on Salt Creek in the
same year. She was the mother of seven
children, two of whom survive her.
William Watson, her son, resides in this
place, and his mother lived with him.
The other, daughter, lives in Kansas.
-Four of the departed children were buried
in the land of her nativity, and one in
Ohio.
She joined the Baptist Church while in
servitude, and lived consistent Chris
tian for more than sixty years. During
her bondage, her two sons, Benjamin and
William Watson, hired themselves out
for two years, to earn five hundred dol
lars, with which to purchase their father
when he was sixty-fve years of age. He
came away with them, and lived with
them for fifteen years. Aunt Nellie was
one of the prominent founders and men,
bers of the First Baptist Church of the
Salt Creek colored settlement. In her
early Christian life her prayer was for
freedom from the bondage of human
slavery, and as her soul was freed from
the bondage of sin, her intercessions with
others prevailed, and on receiving hero
liberty, she invoked the Divine Power to
liberate her race.
Her life formed a connecting link be-
tween the times of the Revolutionary
War and the present time. She was born
before there was President of the Uni
ted States, and had seen the entire life of
the Republic, up to the present time.
Hers was certainly remarkable life.
There has been wonderful religious
interest manifested in this community
for several weeks. AT the M. E. Church
the interest in the meetings has steadily
grown until great revival is on. AT the
Salvation Army room, on Main street,
there have been interesting meetings, At
ones Hall man named Ralph G. Jones
has been holding series of meetings un-
der the title of the Jones Mission, and
quite time has been had Religion is
thought about, and talked about, all over
town. There seems to be a general desire
on the part of the people to get into bet
ter spiritual condition, and the work is
going on grandly. Religion seems to be
in the air. Everybody feels its influence.
Keep the good work going, friends.
One of the most laughable things we
ever saw in print was an article in the
Waverly Watchman pitching into jack
son county for a lack of progress. You
will always find papers of the Watch
mans class spouting about progress"
near three-fourths of the
Watchman is patent outside, and boiler
plate inside. We deny the right of any
such to lecture US on public spirit. Why,
Bro. Jones, if Emmitt should move his
big mash-tub out of Waverly, of what
account would your fine pixies be?
But, as showing the Waverly editors
idea of progress, and as embracing the
Christian spirit of a Pike County Demo-
crat, let us copy the following, from the
Watchman:
else with the old grave yard let them
rent it out to some one for garden. 1t
would make a capital 'tater patch..'
How strangely things do sometimes get
changed about, in this country! In the
building on lower Main street, which was
formerly the notorious den kept by Al.
Castor-who, we are happy to say, has be-
come good citizen, and gone out of the
whisky business-the Salvation Army
now holds nightly meetings. Where the
sound of drunken revelry, the frightful
oaths, and the general deviltry of that
kind of a place used to be heard, now the
prayer and song of praise, the Christian
and eXhortation, are heard.
1t seems quite appropriate that such
change should be made. Capt. Cooper
has had quite successful week, some nine
or ten having enlisted. Keep the work
going.
A couple of church members of this
place who have been travelling for some
weeks, but are now back again, visited
several churches and Sunday Schools dur
ing their absence, and declare that in this
respect, as well as many others, there are
uO Io"uS W COLlpdlo Will q otShooI' Duo
they probably knew this before they went
away.
See new advertisement of Smith &
Lupton, the busy merchants, cor. Broad
way and Pearl. Call at the new Store and
learn of the great bargains offered.
Hurds Shaft probably cost the least
money to sink of any mine on the creek.
Jones Bros. have the finest line of Teas,
Coffees, and Sugars in town, and are SELL
ing them it the lowest price.
California Pears, Plums, Apricots,
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